This readme file was generated on [2025-03-24] by [Peter Innes] GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: A comparison of the growth and yield of perennial cereals under different defoliation practices in two contrasting environments - observed data Author/Principal Investigator Information Name: Peter Innes ORCID:0000-0003-1472-925X Institution: University of Southern Queensland Address: Toowoomba Queensland Australia Email: peter.innes@usq.edu.au Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information Name: Keith Pembleton ORCID: Institution: University of Southern Queensland Address: Toowoomba Queensland Australia Email: Keith.Pembleton@unisq.edu.au Date of data collection: 1st May 2022 - 1st May 2024 Geographic location of data collection: Cowra, NSW, Australia and Pittsworth, Queensland, Australia Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC BY-NC 4.0 Links to publications that cite or use the data: na Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: na Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: na Was data derived from another source? no If yes, list source(s): Recommended citation for this dataset: Innes, Peter. 2025. A comparison of the growth and yield of perennial cereals under different defoliation practices in two contrasting environments - observed data. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/zww80 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW File List: PG-FieldExperimentObserved.xlsx Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: no Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Data were collected from perennials grains field growth experiments at Cowra NSW and Pittsworth Queensland Methods for processing the data: The data includes both the raw observations and the means of each of the four replicates Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Microsoft Office 365 Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Environmental/experimental conditions: Grown as field crops Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: checks for outliers People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Peter Innes